You will need to register a service for the background listening and may or may not need to launch an activity, depending on wether you need a ui for the SMS. See http://developer.android.com/ for details on the aforementioned.
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Ben Chen <chen....@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm new to Android development, so please pardon if this question > seems too fundmental. I was wondering if it was possible to create an > application that once launched is always "ON" even when the phone is > not being used (unless of course the user manually terminates it or > the battery runs out) and will periodically "awaken" to send certain > information (e.g., location) via text. This will not be spyware, and > the user will be fully aware of this feature if they launch the > application. Is this doable? Thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- ------------------ Raghav Sood CEO/Founder/Owner/Dictator/Tyrant at Appaholics (Basically all titles required to have complete control) http://www.raghavsood.com/ https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Appaholics http://www.appaholics.in/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
